[Federal Register: September 11, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 176)]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

 
Advisory Committee for Geosciences, Committee of Visitors; Notice 
of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the 
following meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee for Geosciences (1755).
    Date and Time: September 30--October 2, 1998, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm 
each day.
    Place: Room 365, National Science Foundation, 4301 Wilson Blvd., 
Arlington, VA.
    Type of Meeting: Part-Open (see-Agenda, below).
    Contact Person: Dr. Michael R. Reeve, Section Head, Ocean 
Sciences Division, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone (703) 306-1580.
    Purpose of Meeting: To carry out Committee of Visitors (COV) 
review, including program evaluation, GRPA assessments, and to 
access privileged materials.

Agenda

    Closed: September 30 and October 1, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, and 
October 2 from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon--To review the merit review 
processes covering funding decisions made during the immediately 
preceding three fiscal years of the Ocean Sciences Research Section 
program.

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    Open: October 2, 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.--To assess the results of 
NSF program investments in the Division. This should involve a 
discussion and review of results focused on NSF and grantee outputs 
and related outcomes achieved or realized during the preceding three 
fiscal years. These results may be based on NSF grants or other 
investments made in earlier years.
    Reason for Closing: During the closed session, the Committee 
will be reviewing proposals that include privileged intellectual 
property and personal information that could harm individuals if 
they were disclosed. If discussions were open to the public, these 
matters that are exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (4) and (6) of the 
Government in the Sunshine Act would be improperly disclosed.

    Dated: September 8, 1998.
M. Rebecca Winkler,
Committee Management Officer.
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